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A Study on the Efficient Speech Recognition System using Database Grouping (어휘 그룹화를 이용한 음성인식시스템의 성능향상에 관한 연구)

  • 우상욱;권승호;한수양;이동규;이두수
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2003.07e
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    • pp.2455-2458
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, the Classification of Energy Labeling has been Proposed. Energy Parameters of input signal which is extracted from each phoneme is labelled. And groups of labelling according to detected energies of input signals are detected. Next, DTW processes in a selected group of labeling. This leads to DTW processing faster than a previous algorithm. In this Method, because an accurate detection of parameters is necessary on the assumption in steps of a detection of speeching duration and a detection of energy parameters, variable windows which are decided by pitch period is used. Extract algorithms don't search for exact frame energy, because 256 frame window-sizes is fixed. For this reason, a new energy extraction method has been proposed. A pitch period is detected firstly; next window scale is decided between 200 frames and 300 frames. The proposed method make it possible to cancel an influence of windows.

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Effective Noise Reduction in Mobile Communication Environment using Adaptive Comb Filtering (Adaptive Comb Filtering을 이용한 이동 통신 환경에서의 효과적인 잡음 제거)

  • Park Jeong-Sik;Jung Gue-Jun;Oh Yung-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the KSPS conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.203-206
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we employ the adaptive comb filtering for effective noise reduction in mobile communication environment. Adaptive comb filtering is a well- known method for noise reduction, but requires the correct pitch period and must be applied just in voiced speech frames. To satisfy these requirements we use two kinds of information extracted from speech packets, one of which is the pitch period information measured precisely by a speech coder and the other is the frame rate information related to a decision on speech or silence frame. Experiments on speech recognition system confirm the efficiency of this method. Feature parameters employing this method give superior performance in noise environment to those extracted directly from output speech.

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Significance of Acoustic Parameter - RAP, PPQ, APQ- in Hoarseness (애성환자에서 음향지표인 RAP, PPQ 및 APQ의 유용성)

  • 안철민;이종혁;강현국;이용배
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.22-26
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    • 1995
  • Change of voice, espicially hoarseness show irregular vibration of vocal cord. So, computerized acoustic analysis has presented many acoustic parameters for objective evaluation of voice. We objectively investigated the vocal vibration of normal persons and hoarseness patients in Korea. The RAP(relative average perturbation), PPQ(pitch period perturbation quotient) and APQ(amplitude perturbation quotient) of normal persons were compared with that of hoarseness patients with multidimensional voice program for the possibility of distinguishing the pathologic vocal vibration from normal. Authors agree that RAP, PPQ and APQ showed interesting differences between the normal and the hoarseness patients by the multivariate statistical analysis. In conculusion, relative average perturbation, pitch period perturbation and amplitude perturbation quotient might be meangingful screening parameters distinguishing hoarseness patients from normal.

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A Study on Korean and English Speaker Recognitions using the Fuzzy Theory (퍼지 이론을 이용한 한국어 및 영어 화자 인식에 관한 연구)

  • 김연숙;김희주;김경재
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2002
  • This paper proposes speaker recognition algorithm which includes both the pitch parameter and the fuzzy. This study proposes a pitch detection method for the peak and valley pitch detection function by means of comparing spectra which utilizes the transform characteristics between time and frequency. It measures the similarity to the original spectrum while arbitrarily varying the period in the time domain. It heavily weights the error due to the changing characteristics of the phonemes, while it is strong against noise. In this paper, makes reference pattern using membership function and performs vocal track recognition of common character using fuzzy pattern matching in odor to include time variation width for non-linear utterance time.

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A Study on Korean and Japanese Speaker Recognitions using the Fuzzy Theory (퍼지 이론을 이용한 한국어 및 일어 화자 인식에 관한 연구)

  • 김연숙;김창완
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2000
  • This paper proposes speaker recognition algorithm which includes both the pitch and the fuzzy. This study proposes a pitch detection method for the peak and valley pitch detection function by means of comparing spectra which utilizes the transform characteristics between time and frequency. It measures the similarity to the original spectrum while arbitrarily varying the period in the time domain. It heavily weights the error due to the changing characteristics of the phonemes, while it is strong against noise. In this paper, makes reference pattern using membership function and performs vocal track recognition of common character using fuzzy pattern matching in order to include time variation width for non-linear utterance time.

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Structural Characterization and EDLC-Electrode Performance of Coal-Tar-Pitch Activated Carbon Using K2CO3 Treatment (K2CO3 처리된 Coal Tar Pitch 활성탄 전극의 결정성 및 EDLC 성능)

  • Choi, Poo Reum;Jung, Ji Chul;Lim, Yun-Soo;Kim, Myung-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.460-467
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    • 2016
  • Activated carbons (ACs) have been used as EDLC (electric double-layer capacitor) electrode materials due to their high specific area, stability, and ecological advantages. In order to prepare ACs with high density and crystallinity, coal tar pitch (CTP) was activated by $K_2CO_3$ and the textural and electrochemical properties of the obtained ACs were investigated. Although the CTP ACs formed by $K_2CO_3$ activation had much smaller specific surface area and pore volume than did the CTP ACs formed by KOH activation, their volumetric specific capacitance (F/cc) levels as electrode materials for EDLC were comparable due to their higher density and micro-crystallinity. Structural characterization and EDLC-electrode performance were studied with different activation conditions of $CTP/K_2CO_3$ ratio, activation temperature, and activation period.

The Talus-1st Metatarsal Angle, the Talo-Horizontal Angle and Calcaneal Pitch Angle of Young Men in Korea (한국 정상 젊은 남성에서의 거골-제 1 중족골간 각과 거골 수평각 및 종골 경사각)

  • Lee, Young-Koo;Yim, Soo-Jae;Lee, Sang-Hyok;Park, Chan-Ho;Lee, Sang-Hun
    • Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.161-164
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out the normal angles of the talus-1st metatarsal angle, the talo-horizontal angle and calcaneal pitch angle for diagnosis of foot deformity in Korea. This would be helpful as it would provide a basic angular measurement of flat and cavus foot that indicates the need for operation. Materials and Methods: Within a period of four months from January 2007 to April 2007, We have established 600 feet of 300 males without trauma history of foot. The source to image distance is 40 inches and erect weight bearing radiographs are obtained in anteroposterior and lateral projections. The significant angular measurements that define flat or cavus foot are the talus-1st metatarsal angle, the talo-horizontal angle and calcaneal pitch angle. Results: The mean age was 21 years (19-22 years) old. The mean talus-1st metatarsal angle was $0{\pm}6.9{^{\circ}}$, the mean talo-horizontal angle was $25.8{\pm}4.5{^{\circ}}$ and the mean calcaneal pitch angle was $23.9{\pm}5.1{^{\circ}}$. Conclusion: We can consider that mean talus-1st metatarsal angle, talo-horizontal angle and calcaneal pitch angle are $0{\pm}6.9{^{\circ}}$, $25.8{\pm}4.5{^{\circ}}$ and $23.9{\pm}5.1{^{\circ}}$ as an normal angle limit of young age in Korea.

Intermittent Strip Stock Advancing Accuracy Analysis of a Prototype Pneumatic Cylinder Driven Roll Feeder (공압실린더를 활용한 롤 피더의 간헐적 스트립 스톡 진행 정밀도 분석)

  • So, Jung-Duck;Kwon, Soon-Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.353-358
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    • 2010
  • This research introduces a new and improved design for a pneumatic cylinder driven roll feeder wherein each of the principal rotating feeder parts is configured so as to have feeding accuracy and to be low manufacturing cost. The feed pitch accuracy of the proposed roll feeder was evaluated by measuring lengths of cut offs of the strip stock with a shear attached to an air press. The air press was designed, manufactured, and mounted on the same table of the proposed roll feeder such that the strip stock maintained horizontal plane until the strip stock entered into the shear. The proposed roll feeder and the air press were designed to be operated automatically by a PLC employed controller. The feed pitch accuracy of the proposed roll feeder was analyzed by setting the pitch as 10, 12.5, and 15mm. At each predetermined feed pitch, the proposed roll feeder was tested 300 times as one test set and replicated three times. The average lengths of the cut offs of the strip stock ranged from 9.98 to 10.13mm, from 12.42 to 12.57mm, and from 14.96 to 15.06mm at the predetermined 10, 12.5, and 15mm feed pitch, respectively, among the total of 900 samples of each feed pitch. Main cause of variation of the length of the cut off of the strip stock fed by the proposed roll feeder was considered to be fluctuation of the air press during recompressing period of the air compressor to pressurize the air in the air tank. The largest difference between the maximum and the minimum length of the cut off was appeared while the air compressor recompressing the air. The air compressor used for this study restricted the air delivered to the proposed roll feeder while it was still running. Thus, this air delivery restriction problem should be improved by stabilizing the air press while the proposed roll feeder is running.

Mirror Manipulator with Independent Adjustability Using an External Spherical Joint (외부 구형관절을 이용한 조정 독립형 거울조정기)

  • 길계환;김창균;나승유;이재민;윤화식;윤무현;백성기
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2001
  • A new type of modular mirror manipulator with independent adjustability was developed for the EPU6 beamline under construction at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory. The mirror manipulator was designed so that the angular displacements of roll and pitch rotations do not introduce translational displacements and are independent with each other by positioning the mirror center to the center of a newly devised spherical joint. Manipulating its roll and pitch micrometers, the rotation angles of a dummy mirror were measured at an accuracy of 5 $\mu$rad using a gravity-referenced inclinometer. While the designed angular resolution was 3.937 $\mu$rad/$\mu\textrm{m}$, measured angular resolutions were 3.94 $\mu$rad/$\mu\textrm{m}$ for roll rotation and 3.85 $\mu$rad/$\mu\textrm{m}$ for pitch rotation. The effect of roll rotation on pitch angles was measured to be -3.18% and the effect of pitch rotation on roll angles was measured to be -5.21%. As the mirror manipulator was designed with emphases on independent adjustability and standardization, it results in eases of manufacturing, installation and adjustment as well as reductions of development period and design cost of mirror manipulators for various types of mirrors.

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On a Pitch Alteration Method by Time-axis Scaling Compensated with the Spectrum for High Quality Speech Synthesis (고음질 합성용 스펙트럼 보상된 시간축조절 피치 변경법)

  • Bae, Myung-Jin;Lee, Won-Cheol;Im, Sung-Bin
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.89-95
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    • 1995
  • The waveform coding technique has concerned with simply preserving the waveform shape of speech signal through a redundancy reduction process. In the case of speech synthesis, the waveform coding with high sound quality is mainly used to the synthesis by analysis. However, since the parameters of this coding are not classified into either excitation or vocal tract parameters, it is difficult to applying the waveform coding to the synthesis by rule. In order to apply the waveform coding to the synthesis by rule, the pitch alteration technique is required in prosody control. In this paper, we propose a new pitch alteration method that can change the pitch period in waveform coding by scaling the time-axis and compensating the spectrum. This is relevant to the time-frequency domain method were the phase components of the waveform is preserved with a little spectrum distortion of 2.5 % and less for 50% pitch change.

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